Two-stage constructed wetland for treating hospital wastewater in Nepal

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 317-324

  Laber, Johannes ^a   Haberl, Raimund ^a   Shrestha, Roshan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Kathmandu Metropolitan City   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bacteria removal; Combined system; Constructed wetlands; Hospital wastewater; Hydraulic load; K value; Nitrification; Subsurface flow; Vertical flow

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA REMOVAL; COMBINED SYSTEM; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; HYDRAULIC LOAD; SUBSURFACE FLOW;

HYDRAULICS; NITRIFICATION; SETTLING TANKS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER LEVELS;

WETLANDS;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; HOSPITAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; FLOW; HOSPITAL; NEPAL; NITRIFICATION; PERFORMANCE; SOIL; TANK; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

EID: 0032871810     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00447-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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